Faucet



(No Model.)

D. A. RIPLEY.

PAUGBT.

No. 436,151. Patented Sept. 9, 1890;

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. j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. RIPLEY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,151, datedSeptember 9, 1890.

Application filed January 2, 1890. Serial No. 335,589. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID A. RIPLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at O- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvent-ed a certain new and use ful Improvement in Faucets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of faucets, and has particularrelation to means for drawing beer.

The objects of my invention are to provide a superior form of faucetwith such connections as to admit of beer or other liquids being drawnfrom difierent casks through one faucet; to construct said device in asimple, neat, and inexpensive form, and to provide superior means forcommunicating air to the desired one of the supply-casks at the propertime. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central sectionof my improved faucet, showing its connection with the casks. Fig. 2 isa front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view inelevation of the spigot; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of portions of twokegs, showing the outgoing liquid and air-tubes.

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(1 represents the vertical head of the faucet, which is provided with arearwardly-ext-ending arm a formed therewith, said arm being providedwith a flanged rear end, as shown.

b represents the spigot, which is of the usual partially-conical form,and from the head of which extends upward a stem b, with which isconnected or formed any well-known style of spigothandle o The spigot bfits closely withinacorrespondingly-shaped seat or socket formed in theupper portion of the faucethead, and is formed hollow from its lower endto a point in its upperhalf, as shown at c. The lower end of this hollowc is in vertical alignment and communicates with a vertical channel 01,formed in the lower portion of the faucet head or spout thereof.Extending laterally through the spigot-wall and communicating with theupper portion of the hollow c is a channel 6. A similar lateral channel6 is made to pass through said spigot-wall and communicate with theinterior of the spigot at a point below and on the opposite side of thespigot from the channel 9. Formed through the upper portion of thespigot at one side of its center, and running in the direction of thechannels 6 e,is an air-channel f. Formed in the upper portion of thefaucethead in the front side thereof, at a height corresponding with theheight of the spigotchannel f, are two inwardly-extended airchannels g,which are adapted to be made to communicate with the spigot-socket, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The upper end of thefaucet-head is provided with a short upwardly extending screwthreadedneck, upon which is screwed the lower internally-screwthreaded end of acap 71, which fits' and forms a water-tight joint and seat about thespigot-stem and upon the spigot-head. The rearwardly-extending arm a isprovided, as shown, with two longitudinal pipe-holes, which passtherethrough and communicate with the spigot-socket at pointshorizontally opposite the channels e 6'. Into these pipe-holes areinserted from the rear end of the arm aclosely-fitting pipes t' 'i', therear ends of which extend through the front plate or face of an ice-boxor refrigerator is, to which the rear flanged end of the faucet-arm a isattached, as shown. To the rear ends of these pipes t' i are secured theforward ends of tubes m m, the rear ends of which are connected,respectively, with the keg-faucets n n,which are driven in the usualmannerinto kegs p 19', located within the ice-box. The air-channels g ofthe faucet-head are continued through said head on the opposite side ofthe spigot-socket, and have connected therewith the ends of air-tubes g,which, extending rearwardly, pass into the ice-box and enter,respectively, the kegs p p. If desired, stop-cocks n may be providednear the rear end of each of the pipes i t".

The operation of my device is as follows: The faucets 'n and thestop-cocks n being open, and the spigot 19 being so turned that itsopening 6 is in communication with the pipe '5', as shown in Fig. 1. ofthe drawings, it will be seen that beer or other liquid may pass outwardthrough the tube m, pipe 2", channel e into the hollow of the spigot and2 5 also be observed that the construction herein l thence out throughthe faucet-spout. In order to stop the flow of liquid from the keg orcask p and draw from the cask go alone, the spigot is so turned as tocause the spigotchannel e to communicate with the pipe 2'. This turningof the spigot will result in the closing of the pipe t" by the surfaceof the spigot meeting the opening thereof. The airchannels of thefaucet-head and air-passage of the spigot are so located with referenceto each other and the spigot-openings e e as to produce through one ofthe openings 9 and the spigot-passage f a communication with theair-tube g, which leads to and enters the keg from which the liquid isflowing, thus insuring the free egress of the liquid. Bothspigot-openings e e and the air-openings may be closed by so turning thespigot as to close the inlet-pipes i i.

From the above description it will be seen that liquid from two kegs maybe drawn through one faucet, thus ad mittiug of two different liquors orliquors of different qualities being readily drawn in one vessel. Itwill shown is simple and can be produced at a reasonable cost ofmanufacture.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a faucet, the combination, with the fau cot-head having communicatingoutlet-channel cZ,spigot-socket, pipes it, communicating with saidsocket one above the other, and airopenings g, communicating with theupper end of said socket, of the hollow spigot 11, provided with ahandle, spigot-openings ee', entering the hollow thereof on oppositesides and at points opposite the pipes t z", respectively, air-passage fthrough the upper portion of said spigot, as described, and air-tubes q,adapted to be broughtalternately into communication with saidair-passage f, substantially as and for the object specified.

hi DAVID E A. RIPLEY.

mark. 111 presence of- O. C. SHEPHERD, BARTON GRIFFITH.

